The differential expression of genetic traits depending on the parent from which they were inherited.
遗传印记
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He said genetic imprinting meant fish from Miller Beck returned there in later life to spawn.
My interest in genetic imprinting began while I was completing my doctorate at Macquarie University in Sydney.
Maintenance of a constant expression profile in a population exhibiting genetic imprinting will be most effective if the organism has a mechanism to reverse any imprint in the subsequent generation.
In the phenomenon called genetic imprinting, a chromosome such as the X chromosome can be altered depending on whether it was passed on from one's mother or from one's father.
His latest research suggests that genetic imprinting might be compromised by the freezing process.